- Beta: Added Kasts support for Hero users; similar to AntennaPod's sync experience on Linux. (No support for gPodder 2.1 POST sync-devices).
- Player handles network failures more gracefully; less likelihood of playback position being reset.
- Database strengthening for improved reliability; major migration.
- Adjusted the maximum player feed size.
- Cloud infrastructure updates; the service might have skipped a beat during maintenance.
Note: If you experience any hiccups, please wait for your local DNS cache TTL to expire before troubleshooting.
- NEW! You can now Import and export your podcast subscriptions via OPML (hero).
- Progress bars for previously played episodes are shown in both the Queue and Episodes tabs.
- Fixed: Chapter marker clicks were ignored during playback.
- Improved Homepage, Navigation, and Help tiles.
- Improved Subscriptions and Search tabs experience.
- Enabled navigation from episode view to the full list of podcast episodes.
- Improved player performance and overall experience.
- Password reset support added.
- Backoffice and dashboard experience improvements.
- Revised player state refresh logic
- Updated About page copy to remove references to a "free service"
- Fixed player positioning on chapter selection.
- Optimized CORS handling by caching blocks to minimize failed requests.
- Fixed first-result selection usability in the player Discover tab.
- Fixed players' action updates for selected episode edge cases.
- Fixed players’ orphaned subscriptions with no linked device.
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NEW! You can now manage devices directly from your dashboard. Depending on your plan, you can add, edit, or delete devices.
Note: "Delete" is not a standard protocol command. While deleting a device removes its episode actions and subscription relationships from the server, you may consider to clear local data manually to complete the cleanup.
- Player continuous playback: When an episode ends, the top item in the queue starts automatically.
- Player auto-remove finished episodes from queue.
- Player speed control adjustments.
- Handle BMC past-due grace period.
- Fixed an issue affecting the transition to trial mode.
- Applied minor cosmetic updates to the dashboard settings.
- Transitioning free access to trial accounts to ensure long-term sustainability. All new users and current free users will transition to a 21-day trial. After the trial ends, accounts not on a Supporter or Hero plan will no longer be able to synchronize using PodFerry.
- Enhanced session caching to minimize repeated logins.
- Disregard persistently faulty feeds.
- Player resolved bugs affecting chapter functionality.
- Player now supports auto-chapters from description timestamps.
- Player layout refreshed, including auto-play after seek and other minor tweaks.
- Player updated with mute option and layout improvements.
- PREVIEW! Dark theme is now available — switch theme using the button in the center of the top bar.
- Player playback no longer auto-starts - the first click displays the episode description, and a second click is required to begin playback.
- NEW! Subscriptions can now be exported to OPML format. Available in the Subscriptions tab of the PodFerry web player.
- Resolved issue with removing misaligned subscriptions.
- Corrected typo in the Getting Started guide.
- Improved safeguard of unparseable feeds.
- Improvements to the online player to reflect client updates more quickly; mobile updates remain subject to AntennaPod's periodic sync schedule.
- Improvements to the online player queue, negating the need for manual refreshes.
- Fixed an issue where queued player episodes overrode the timestamp with local time instead of UTC time.
- Implemented subscription quotas for free users to ensure high performance for contributors.
- FAQ and What's New displayed on-site instead of external redirect.
- Support form require registration to reduce spam.
- Confirm subscription cancellation before allowing account deletion.
- Added reCAPTCHA to fight the zombies.
- Added Delete all episodes button to clear queued episodes. Synchronized devices should be updated accordingly.
- Introduced “What’s New” page.
- Service launched